
Article 1 

1. Each Member State may nominate not more than two representatives from its competent authorities.
2. The representative bodies of the industry concerned are:
— Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE),
— Eurogas,
— the International Association of the Oil and Gas Producers (OGP).Each of these organizations shall nominate not more than two representatives for participation in the meetings of the Group.
3. The representative bodies of relevant consumers are:
— the International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (IFIEC Europe),
— Eurelectric,
— Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC).Each of these organizations shall nominate not more than two representatives for participation in the meetings of the Group.
4. Participants of the Gas Coordination Group meetings shall be nominated for each meeting.
5. The names of members shall be collected, processed and published in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Article 2 
The tasks of the Gas Coordination Group shall be:

((a)) to facilitate coordination of security of supply measures at Community level, including in the event of a major supply disruption;
((b)) to examine, and, where appropriate, assist the Member States in coordinating the measures taken at national level to deal with a major supply disruption.
Article 3 

1. The Gas Coordination Group shall be chaired by the Commission.
2. In agreement with the Commission, sub-groups may be set up to examine specific questions under terms of reference established by the group. Such groups shall be dissolved as soon as their mandates are fulfilled.
3. The Commission’s representative may ask experts or observers with specific competence on a subject on the agenda to participate in the Gas Coordination Group’s or sub-group’s deliberations if this is useful and/or necessary.
4. Information obtained by participating in the deliberations of a group or sub-group shall not be divulged if, in the opinion of the Commission or any other member of the Gas Coordination Group, that information relates to confidential matters.
5. The Gas Coordination Group and its sub-groups shall normally meet on Commission premises in accordance with the procedures and schedule established by it. The Commission shall provide secretarial services. Other Commission officials with an interest in the proceedings may attend meetings of the group and its sub-groups.
6. The Gas Coordination Group shall adopt its rules of procedure on the basis of the standard rules of procedure adopted by the Commission.
7. Without prejudice to paragraph 4 of this Article, the Commission may publish on the Internet, in the original language of the document concerned, any summary, conclusion, or partial conclusion or working document of the Gas Coordination Group on the website of the relevant Commission service.
Article 4 
The Commission shall reimburse travel and, where appropriate, subsistence expenses for participants of the Gas Coordination Group meetings, experts and observers in connection with the Gas Coordination Group’s activities in accordance with the Commission’s rules on the compensation of external experts.
The participants of the Gas Coordination Group meetings, experts and observers shall not be remunerated for the services they render.
Meeting expenses are reimbursed within the limits of the annual budget allocated to the Gas Coordination Group by the responsible Commission services.
Done at Brussels, 7 November 2006.
For the Commission
Andris PIEBALGS
Member of the Commission